Vulcanizing attachment for internal-combustion engines



1. M. STUCKER AND w. J. KAMERER.

VULCANIZING ATTACHMENT FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES.

APPLICAHON FILED SEPT. s, 1921.

1,414,445 Patented May -2, 192a Jomvj M1. STUCKER nn .wrnLrAM, J. KAMERER,"or n-osnnnnn, Kansas.

- .V'ULC'ANIZING- ATTACHMENTEon,iirrnnnnneoivrn-usrronl ENG-IRES.

specification fitt P n Patented May- 2. 11922.

Applicationfiled septem ber 6,-Qie21. isnal111 ;492:360... Y

To allwhom it may concern." y

Be it known that we, JoHN M. SrUoKER and wVI LLIAM J. KAMERER, citizens of the United States, and residents offiosdale,

county of l/Vyandotte, State of Kansas, have invented a certain new and usefullmprovementin Yulcanizing Attachments for Internal-Combustion Engines, of ,which the .followingis a complete specification.

.This invention relates, to vulcanizing attachments for internal combustion engines,

and has for its object to produce a simple,

cheap,- .ligh1t andefiicient device for utilizing waste heat from amotor car englnef f or the purpose of vulcanizing patches on inner 1 i V plained upon the exhaust manifold,with its tubes and tire casings.

A further object is to produce adevice of; this character which can be easilyand quickly secured in or removed. from position, and which will retain its position when the car is in travel sothat time and fuel may be conserved if desired. e With the objects named in view, the invention consists in certain novel and useful features of construction and combinations of parts as hereinafter described and claimed; and in order that it may be'fully understood reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, in which 'Figure l is a side elevation of a part of an internal combustion engine equipped with a vulcanizing attachment embodying the invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the construction shown by Figure 1. I Figure 3 is'a vertical cross section taken on the line III-III of Figure 1. p

Figure 4 is a vertical central cross section showing the invention as equipped with.

a casing vulcanizer of the preferred type.

Figure 5 is a detail perspective view showing the attachment with the casing vulcanizer in superposed relation to the tube vulcanizer, but with a modified form of means for securing the casing vulcanizer in place.

Figure 6 is a reduced cross section taken through the construction shown by Figure 5.

In the said drawing, 1 indicates-a plate of sufficient length and width for vulcanizing a blow-out or the like in a tube. upper side of the plate is smooth and flat and it is provided in its lower side, nearer one side margin than the other, with a groove 2 for snugly receiving the upper part of the exhaust manifold of an internal com bustion engine.-.Near the opposite margin :the-plate isprovilded with a series of dependingarms 3 having notches 4, in :their tl'oiver ends,v.for. the reception ,ofcertain of the bolts formingfapart of the-engine and in place., n. indicates the body of an engine, F

*is theexhaustmanifold,G the intake mani- ,fold and Hthe bolts for ='securing the manifold sin place. in, conjunction with the .span- I hers the latter being mountedfon Zthe manifolds, as customary. J I c. The vulcanizer plate lis fittedas exiholtsv a11clengaging {the exhaust and intake innenedge;in close proximity to the body of the .engi ne. The clamping bolts H ex tend through the notches in the lower ends pf arms and engage the body of theen- .gine {as customary,.and thus reliably secure the; vulcanizing platein such relation to the exhaust manifold that the former soon becomes heated-to a temperature sufficiently high I for. vulcanizing' inner tubes. The construction. is 5 such that retain its position when the car is in travel and is of such light weight that it does not impose any additional burden on the engine or driving mechanism ofthe car, it being also obvious .that the vulcanizing plate can be secured in or removed from position quickly and easily. In order that the invention may be made applicable for vulcanizing casings as well as tubes, a channeled plate 6 adapted for properly receiving sufficient area of a tire casing to cover the point where the treatment is to occur, is placed upon. the platel. In the preferred construction, a wire 7 is pivotally connected. at 8 to the inner side of the plate 6, and thence extends downwardly through a notch 9 in the inner edge of the plate 1. The wire is providedat a suitable point with a retractile spring 10 and at its free end is'to say, it is provided with a hook 13' fitting around the outer edge of plate 1 and.

1 to hold-the forla 'dapted fer l-clamping the manifold firmly i L ifrfierlyinig the same aniequipped with a be secured by the customary clamp or clamps upon-the plate 6,. and the vulcanizing operation performed in the usual manner. I

It is apparent that the invention is sus ceptible of other modifications in minor par ticulars and we therefore do not desire to restrict ourselves to the construction shown.

and described, but reserve the right to make such changes as properly fall within the spirit and scopeof the appended claims.

We claim:

1. The combination with the exhaust manifold of an internal combustion engine, of a flat plate superposed with respect to the manifold and heated thereby through conduction and radiation, anda casing vulcanizing plate having a channelled'upper face,in superposed relation to the firstnamed plate.

2. The combination with the exhaust manifold of an internal combustion engine,

of a flat plate superposed with respect to "plate,

.the manifold and heated thereby through conductionand radiation, a casing ,vulcanlz- V ing platehaving' a channelled upper face, in superposed relation .to the first-named and a spring clamp fitting the ex haust manifold at its underside and attached" at its ends to opposite sides of the casing vulcanizing plate.

3. The combination with the exhaust manifold of an internal combustion engine,

'of'a flat plate superposed with respect to the manifold and heated therebyathrough conduction and radiation, a casing vulcanizing plate having a channelled upperfaicep in superposed relation to the first-named plate, anda spring clamp fitting the exhaust 'manifold' at its underside andattached at its ends to opposite sides ofthe casing vul- "canizing plate saidjattachment being permanent at one end and detachable at the other. I 1

4, The combination with the exhaust manifold of an internal combustion engine,

of a flat plate superposed with respect to the manifold and heated thereby through conduction and radiation; said'plate having *a longitudinal groove receivingthe upper side of the exhaust manifold and notched depending legs, and bolts extending through said notches into, the engine body and clamping said plate firmly in place.

In witness whereof we hereunto aflix our signatures.

'- JOHN M. STUCKER.

WILLIAM J. KAMERERi 

